world council of churches

February 17, 2011

Justice, peace and unity belong together, churches told

The moderator of the WCC Central Committee says that unity, justice and peace should be the common theme for the next assembly of the world’s largest ecumenical body.
February 17, 2011

Global churches urged to be 'one in faith and action'

Experience reinforces the conviction that churches are “called to be one” in both faith and action for a just peace with dignity for all. says the General Secretary of the WCC.
February 3, 2011

Interfaith Harmony Week marked across the world

The annual observation of a world-wide Interfaith Harmony Week is taking place during the first seven days of February 2011.
February 3, 2011

WCC meeting will focus on Middle East and peace

The plight of Christians in the Middle East and a call for churches to seek just-peace in the world are among the agenda items for the WCC Central Committee.
February 2, 2011

US and world churches join Copts in praying for Egypt

National Council of Churches USA members have joined the Coptic Orthodox Church in North America in a three-day period of prayer and fasting for Egypt.
January 22, 2011

Christian unity week focuses prayer and concern on Jerusalem

This year's Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, currently running, is drawing on resources produced in partnership with the churches of Jerusalem.
January 21, 2011

Indigenous theologians meet to 'affirm spiritualities of life'

Some 40 theologians, most of them indigenous and representing different regions of the world, will meet in La Paz, Bolivia this weekend.
December 24, 2010

WCC welcomes ratification of the New START treaty

The US and Russian nuclear arms reduction treaty "is especially meaningful in what is for Christians the season of peace,” says the head of the World Council of Churches.
December 15, 2010

Facing up to violence in the Philippines

A Christian team visiting the Philippines ahead of the 2011 global church convocation on peace, has heard how people there are facing up to violence.
December 14, 2010

'Guarded hope' from churches at end of Cancun negotiations

Church and civil society groups have expressed "guarded hope" about the outcome of the Cancun climate change conference, which produced mixed outcomes.